Posted by Jonathan Bingham on May 31, 2015 under Audio, Bible study, Multiweek, Series | 
This (rather lengthy) series grew out of the previous study on the Shemitah and Blood Moon Tetrad. During one of our discussion times in class, one of the members asked, “If this stuff is possibly true, what should we do about it? How should we prepare?” And that question of how we could be ready for the possible return of Christ drove us to the Scripture to answer that question. There are five overarching questions that came out of trying to discover how to be ready.
- What are the signs of the end?
- How to be ready?
- What do you do when told to deny Christ?
- Should we be preppers?
- What should we do if our government tells us we can’t obey God?
Here are the (again, rather lengthy – 25 pages!) notes from the study, but be warned that even as lengthy as they are, there are many important things that do not come out clearly in the notes, but are clear in the audio recordings. So, please listen to them if you can. Especially if you’re trying to deal seriously with any of these very timely questions.
Also, as quickly becomes clear in the audio recordings, you will understand many of the references much better if you join us and read the book, Killing Christians, by Tom Doyle. This lesson series is in no way a book study, but that book certainly illuminates many of the topics we discuss and provides relevant background examples, and is otherwise a fantastic book every Christ-follower should read.
Further, the book, Do Love, by Andrew Rankin provides great background for the practical application of how we should be living in the light of the Scriptures we study here.
Be Ready
As mentioned above, please listen to these to get the full gist of this study! AAC format playable in most browsers, iTunes, and iDevices.
Week 1 (2/8/15), 51 min., 25MB
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Week 2 (2/15/15), 46 min., 23MB
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Week 3 (2/22/15), 41 min., 20MB
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Week 4 (3/15/15), 33 min., 16MB
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Week 5 (3/22/15), 48 min., 24MB
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Week 6 (3/29/15), 48 min., 24MB
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Week 7 (4/12/15), 51 min., 25MB
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Week 8 (4/19/15), 41 min., 20MB
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Week 9 (4/26/15), 39 min., 19MB
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Week 10 (5/3/15), 20 min., 10MB
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Week 11 (5/17/15) (Question 5), 34 min., 17MB
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Week 12 (5/24/15), 62 min., 31MB
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Week 13 (5/31/15), 40 min., 20MB
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Posted by Jonathan Bingham on December 21, 2014 under Audio, Bible study, Multiweek |
This significant study has taken much more research than most, and I believe the results were worth it. In this study, we look at the seven religious feasts that God instructed the Jews to celebrate each year. A very very important feature of this study focuses on the Messiah’s past and future fulfillment of each feast exactly at the right time and precisely in the proper way. I spent a great deal of time reconciling the general feast calendar with the scriptural statements about Jesus’ last week before His death in order to establish a detailed most likely calendar of that particular week in history.
There are three takeaways from this study:
- Nearly all of the writers of the NT had lived these annual rituals since they had been born. Knowing the background and meaning of the feasts will dramatically expand our understanding of what they wrote.
- Seeing God’s careful precision with which He designed and fulfilled the feasts over thousands of years should encourage us to know He can and will be with us at ever point of need in our lives, as well.
- Knowing more about the Jewish religion can better equip us to tell our Jewish friends about their Messiah.
There are three written resources: the usual teaching outline (but much more detailed than usual): The Jewish Feasts, a table with the annual feast calendar along with meanings and a surprise addition on the right side: Feasts Calendar, and my proposed calendar of Jesus’ last week of earthly ministry: Passover calendar.
In addition, here are the audio podcasts of my presentation of the second and fourth lesson to my Bible Study class. AAC format usable in iTunes and with iPods. (Blame my audio engineer for the absence of the other two. BTW, I’m my audio engineer.)
Week 2, 41 min., 20MB
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Week 4, 52 min., 26MB
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Tags: 1 Cor., 1 Cor. 15, 1 Cor. 5, 1 Thess., 1 Thess. 4, Acts, Acts 2, Exodus, Exodus 12, Exodus 16, Five Star, Hebrews, Hebrews 10, Hebrews 8, Hebrews 9, Lev., Lev. 23, Matthew, Matthew 24, Prophecy, Psalm, Psalm 118, Psalm 34, Romans, Romans 11, Romans 8
